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IntroductIon

City Staff and the Heritage Preservation
Commission
City staff and the Waxahachie Heritage Preservation Commission
use the design guidelines to review historic rehabilitation projects
and new construction in the residential historic districts. In
doing so, they consider how each project meets the guidelines
and promotes the design goals set forth here and in the City’s
Comprehensive Plan. The City will issue a building permit for work
that is in compliance with the design guidelines.

The Community
The guidelines convey the City’s expectations to the public so they
may better understand the City’s goals for the treatment of historic
resources. In this way, members of the community can comment
on preservation topics using a shared base of information.

p o l i c i e s u n d e R l y i n g t h e g u i d e l i n e s

The City’s overall policies and objectives for preservation are
articulated in a number of plans including the City of Waxahachie
Comprehensive Plan and the Waxahachie C3 Master Plan.

City of Waxahachie Comprehensive Plan
The Comprehensive Plan sets forth the City’s land use,
development and public improvement policies. The most recent
update to the Comprehensive Plan occurred in 2016 and notes
the importance of “preserving and enhancing the City’s unique
historical, cultural and natural resources” as a key component
of the vision statement. The Housing Strategies section notes
the unique blend of historic and new residential neighborhoods
in Waxahachie, and that policies in the Comprehensive Plan
support the rehabilitation of the current housing stock, in addition
to other future residential development. Similarly, the livability
chapter of the Plan notes the importance of promoting the
adaptive reuse of historic structures in order to preserve the City’s
architectural heritage, as well as identifying and preserving existing
neighborhood landmarks including historic buildings.

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